Baca and Otero Counties will be hosting free legal self-help clinics via computer link for people without attorneys. Volunteer attorneys provide one-on-one assistance.

The Baca County clinic, sponsored by the Baca County Board of County Commissioners and hosted at the Baca County Library, is held the second Wednesday of the month starting at 3:00 p.m. The library is located at 1260 South Main Street, Springfield, in Suite 1 of the Resource Center. Call the library at 719-523-6962 to sign up. Free clinics are currently scheduled for November 9 and December 14.

Kiowa County has gained two truck stops over the past few weeks, both located at the northwest corner of Eads along Highway 287.

The first to open, Home Town Gas & Grill, is a project undertaken by Eads Consumers Supply Company, and replaces the significantly smaller Country C-Store at the southeast end of Eads.

Home Town Gas & Grill features a spacious retail area with snacks and beverages as well as an equally spacious dining area.

By Chris Sorensen

Unseasonably warm days are expected to continue this week, however clear nights will allow temperatures to drop near or below freezing.

Portions of southeast Colorado received rain overnight Saturday, however amounts are unlikely be enough to break drought conditions that strengthened significantly over the past week.

Sunday’s high will be in the mid-60s, with the low falling to near 40. A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms is in the forecast, however less than one-tenth inch of rain is expected.

By Chris Sorensen

A registering 3.1 on the Richter Scale occurred Saturday evening shortly before 11:00 p.m.

The epicenter was 93 miles south of Pueblo, Colorado, just south of the Colorado-New Mexico border, and occurred at a depth of about three miles.

No damage reports have been received. The area has been subject to frequent quakes of a similar size.

Funding is available in six focus areas, including data analytics tools and precision conservation

Slim Randles

“All is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin …” so goes the famous hymn we once learned in Sunday school and didn’t figure out what it meant for another 20 years or so.

But now is the time of harvest. Now is the gathering in. The crops are gathered in. Firewood for winter storms is gathered in. Fruit from the orchards is gathered in. This year’s crop of spring calves is gathered in.

By Pastor Rich Z

WISE COUNSEL

“Where there is no counsel, the people fall. But in the multitude of counselors there is safety.” Proverbs 11:14

Colorado's senior population is growing at a rapid pace. It is estimated that the number of Coloradans over the age of 65 will reach roughly 1.2 million by 2030, up from 555,000 in 2010. Along with the 120 percent increase in our senior population, it is expected that Colorado seniors will live longer and require more economic resources to afford the services and care they need to age in place.

One of our most popular features from the past 15 years - a full-page color photo on the front of the Kiowa County Press showing various impressions of life in Kiowa County. While a limited number of copies continue to be printed and distributed each week at Kiowa Healthmart, COOP C-Store in Eads, Haswell Propane, and Thunderbird Petroleum, we wanted to bring this feature to our online readers as well.

Shown below - the front page of the November 4, 2016, Kiowa County Press - Every vote counts!